Sr Principal Design Engineer

SHANGHAI Until 9/28/2026 First posted December 3, 2025 Last posted July 30, 2026
Job description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

Responsibilities:

  • Working in Cadence Flagship Emulation and Prototyping product line;
  • Responsible for designing, developing, modifying and productizing protocol products like PCIe, advanced Ethernet and many more which are crucial to modern IC design and verification.
  • Perform as individual contributor on protocol projects involving logic RTL design, UVM based verification, board design/debug and documentation etc.
  • Work on complex problems related to protocol or system integration level issues, electrical or timing closure issues, RTL design or verification methodologies.

Requirements:

  • The position requires MSEE or equivalent, with experience in logic design and debug.
  • Must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • RTL design experience using Verilog is required along with experience in using RTL verification tools and flows.
  • Experience in FPGA design for Xilinx products is strongly recommended.
  • UVM verification experience is desired.
  • Experience with scripting languages like Perl, TCL C-shell is desired.

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About this role

Summary

Design and verify protocol products like PCIe and Ethernet for IC design

Job title

Sr Principal Design Engineer

Experience level

requires MSEE or equivalent, with experience in logic design and debug

Industry

software

Location requirements

Shanghai, on-site role, no remote work

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

VerilogRTL verificationlogic designFPGAUVM

Preferred skills

Xilinx FPGAPerlTCLC-shell

Specializations

RTL designverificationprotocolsFPGA
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Shanghai, China

On-site City